This thread from 2019 on wrongly assumed facts by bus passengers may also be of interest: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/wrongly-assumed-facts-by-bus-passengers.189437/
Slightly off topic, Blackpool tram conductors get £30To which could nicely be added "The driver has a float big enough and mixed enough to cover all needs at all times of the day." Suggestions of exactly how much money the company would need to keep in circulation to give all of their drivers even £20 are just "being difficult"!
To be fair, with Limited Stop services it isn't always that easy to find out which stops are served, at least in West Yorkshire. Back in the day, any stop served by the X6 or X36 carried clear "Fastaway" branding but nowadays the served stops seem to be a closely guarded secret!I had an inspector tell me to set down a passenger at a stop my limited stop service didn’t stop at!
This was after I politely told the passenger that I didn’t stop there - in front of the inspector!
He didn’t like my answer to his order and attempted to report me!
He was one of those inspectors who had a full years experience under his belt as a driver and knew it all!
In Reading they still are.Buses in your town are still run by the Corporation.
4) Q. Does this bus go into the hospital? A. No, it doesn't fit through the doors.Drivers are always helpful and will give the correct answer to any question asked.
1) Q. How long will the next bus be? A. About 40 feet.
2) Q. How does the bus go to London? A. Brmm Brmm.
3) Q. Where do I get on the bus? A. Through the door.
A former colleague who was driving the Routemaster in question received what he thought was the 4-bell (stop immediately) signal approaching Kings Cross. He duly stopped the bus and went to find out what the problem was. Upon reaching, the rear platform he found the conductor standing in his usual position wondering why the bus had suddenly stopped, particularly as he hadn't given the 4-bell signal.You need to press the bell for each person. (Elderly couple: man presses bell and starts to stand up. Wife: “Push it again. There are two of us.”)
They'd obviously been reading Mao Tse Tung's 'Little Red Bus Book.'A former colleague who was driving the Routemaster in question received what he thought was the 4-bell (stop immediately) signal approaching Kings Cross. He duly stopped the bus and went to find out what the problem was. Upon reaching, the rear platform he found the conductor standing in his usual position wondering why the bus had suddenly stopped, particularly as he hadn't given the 4-bell signal.
At this point, 4 Chinese gentlemen emerged from the top deck having each obeyed the "press once" instruction in quick succession
It is, though it's an americanism (also popular with TfL for some reason).PTEs are really good at managing and organising bus networks, and outwith PTE areas all buses are run by fly-by-night cowboys.
The plural of bus is "busses".
NOUN (ALSO US noun busses, plural noun buses)
The benchmark dictionary (the Oxford English Dictionary) has the plural as buses too, making clear the alternative busses is only used over the pond. When I worked for L.T.'s Schedules Department woe betide anyone who pronounced the word in the American way i.e.skedules. I still shout at the radio/TV whenever I hear it said that way.It is, though it's an americanism (also popular with TfL for some reason).
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